Silver
vereinsthaler
coin

Bavaria, Germany, AD 1858

Issued when closer ties between the German
states were being established

Until the mid- to late nineteenth century,
German states, including Bavaria, issued their own coinages.
Various attempts to unify the German currencies were made
throughout the century, and a common monetary standard was agreed
upon in 1857.

The silver
vereinsthaler (or union
thaler) was the
principal denomination, which was divided into the various small
copper denominations of the different states. The
vereinsthaler toook its
name from the thaler,
which was originally developed as a coin standard in the Holy Roman
Empire and, as an internationally recognized trade coin, became a
model for other countries. It was from the
thaler that the United
States dollar, the
Swedish daler and the
Dutch daalder took their
names.